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was not a bit surprising to learn that the English footballers, who have been doing the Continent' were longing, before the conclusion of the tour, "for England, home and beauty" -a bit o' foint, possibly even
tripe and jellied eel, or some other homely dishes they are accustomed to. They wore finding the travelling and form but it is an onerous and strenuous job alities irksome, the menus strange. Hospitality is all very well, but you which the ambassadors of football, in can got too much of a good thing. other words, the players, contract for With the round of sight-seeing, ban- when they go abroad, and I'll wager
· and queting, general entertainment,
the fellows feel who re- public attention, the players possibly that's how felt that they were being offered up presented England at Milan, Belgrade, of as burnt-offerings on the altar of the and Bucharest. Good players all game's popularity. Burnt-offering is them, yet a draw, a defeat, and win the right description, judging by the the victory in the last game of the heat-wave conditions the English par-tour at the expense of Rumania— ty experienced in the course of their cannot be deemed satisfactory from the point of view of English prestige, trip.
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and that defeat by the Yugoslavians rankle. Are +hese tours CONT
CONTACTS under the Football, En- must
Why, the old tente are not to be discounted, not being overdone?
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strenuous home season is asking for it. One match a tour of the charac- tor of those games, with the travelling and other distracting and disturbing factors thrown in, would be quite good fishing. As to the more extend- ed tours, doubtless they are cagerly Bought and anticipated by Overseas bodies. Much is made of the sport- ing side of these expeditions,
and missionary stuff, etc. I fear, how- ever, that it is not all idealism love of the game. Money makes the football. mare go, and the contract- ing parties to these trips would not be business men if they were not look- ing for a nice little cut to help Asso- ciation funds. True, the players are comparatively well paid and are am- Even HERE is no letting up on the ten-ply insured against accident.
sion associated with the interna- so, there is a danger of young play- and their club ers being over-taxed tional matches on the Continent, and to arrange three representative games value impaired for the opening of the inside a fortnight on the back of a
the slogan "Join the Army and see world" almost applies to the Associa- tion game, so numerous are the globe- trotting opportunities held out to foot ballers. The FA. took on something in sending teams to the Continent and South Africa; The Scottish F.A. are fonewing acquaintances in Canada and the United States.
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